Don't you just hate it when other people tell you things that you already know?

Question

Doesn't it make you feel like they think that you're ignorant (even though you're not)?

For instance, when you go to job interview, people will tell you to dress well, answer question confidently, blah blah blah ... as if they're the experts and you don't know anything. And if you don't get the job (or the next interview), then they'll tell you "Oh, you should've done this or you should've done that ..." as if you don't already know how to do those things. (The fact of the matter is that you do know how to do those things, but under the special circumstances you couldn't do them. Things aren't always so simple.)

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
How do you deal with this when it happens?

Answer 1

I'm autistic, so it's pretty much the only way that people interact with me....to tell me things I already know.

I blow it off, because first of all, advice is almost always an opinion, and it applies only to the one giving advice. When people try to give you advice, they're usually just relating their past mistakes in the form of imparting information. I wouldn't take it too seriously, and I'd just go with my own instincts when it comes to things like that.

Answer 2

you just shrug it off.
I also don't like it when people tell you how to do something you already know. Sometimes thy even tell you the wrong thing. So do you tell them they are wrong or just let it be.
I am a nurse and my MIL is always telling me how to take care of this or that, or that my kids have this illness or problem and how to fix it. She is not a nurse by the way. I know she is just being helpful but sometimes I just want to tell her she doesn't know what she is talking about.
what I do- just shrug it off.

Answer 3

no it doesn't bother me that much. It shouldn't because there are worse things to worry about than someone telling something you already knew. Maybe they didn't know that u knew it. You shouldn't think that they think you were ignorant or dumb just because they gave you some advice. Maybe they don't know much so that's all they know to give? you've got to think more positively about people.

Answer 4

at times it does not really annoy me when the person says it in a polite manner, but if the person says it in an annoying manner it really irritates me and I end up not doing it properly, as in, the person does as if he/she knows everything in the whole world and does not make mistakes. Hope you get my point.

Answer 5

Not as much as I hate people who destroy successful networks/systems like Yahoo! Answers by corrupting it with the stupidest, most useless questions that make me wonder how any sane adult can come up with.

Answer 6

no, I don't hate it, it just shows me that people who do and say such things are ignorant, and that is their problem, not mine. Normally, I change the subject, and I find someone else to hang with.

Answer 7

Get over it. There's always the chance that they really are telling you something you didn't know.
Not worth grousing about, anyway.

Answer 8

yes
i say we arent stupid